170661 - Add "edit config file" to advanced tab in preferences

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 17199

(SeaMonkey :: Preferences, enhancement)

Description

[Andrei Boros]

There seem to be quite a number of settings that are in prefs.js and/or
liprefs.js that are not directly configurable from the Preferences interface. 

Consequently I request that in the Advanced section of the prefs window be
placed a button "manually edit prefs" (or similar).

Behaviour of this button should be as follows: 

1) close prefs window and save prefs.
2) close the browser (as it may change the files outside the editor that will
spawn next)
3) open in a text editor prefs.js and liprefs.js (be it notepad or mozilla's
source code editor - from composer).

This is inteded for power users. 
If this way is not agreeable by Mozilla developers, then at least I suggest in
the Advanced section to be mentioned where the settings are kept and offer a
link to them (open explorer with the profile dir where the user can manually go
and edit the files).

Comment 1

[[e-mail]]

dup of bug to make about:config editable?

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

me wishes for a clone technology to dupe dwx at the rate of population
growth of the dupe bugs...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 17199 ***

Comment 3

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

v dup.